Vehicle preferences for a trip to Le Canadel, including a Goshawk and a 40/50 for experimental testing on carburation and brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\2\ scan0120 | |
| Date | 1st December 1923 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. BJ. R2/M1.12.23. RE. LE CANADEL(Henry Royce's French residence). X.4219 X.9940 For the first part of the time at Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) I should prefer the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) with the Beatonson body - 5-G-11 - but I do not want to take this if it is of any use to the Sales, in which case I should like the brown Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) - 4-G-11. While I am at Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) I should like a 40/50 fitted with EAC. engine and front wheel brakes. The principle object of the EAC. engine is carburation, and with the brakes experimental experience. I expect to arrive at Toulon Dec.19th. Grand Hotel mid-day. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).